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Male Circumcision (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This procedure removes the foreskin of the penis.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
189 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
245 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
85 days
229 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
202 days
268 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
226 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
46 days
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
90 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
56 days
84 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
45 days
124 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
104 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
15 days
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
37 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 - May 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
108 days
117 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
100 days
168 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
76 days
217 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
255 days
59 days
David G Bell
Halifax
123 days
238 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
97 days
291 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
345 days
48 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
238 days
282 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
215 days
433 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
187 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
---
225 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
---
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
149 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
93 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
175 days
---
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
---
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
---
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
---
225 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
245 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
M Dale Miller
Sydney
21 days
40 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
69 days
34 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
48 days
60 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
21 days
99 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
95 days
64 days
David G Bell
Halifax
52 days
123 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
63 days
179 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
139 days
141 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
258 days
36 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
151 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
---
142 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
---
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
97 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
26 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
42 days
---
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
---
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
---
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
---
148 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
139 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
June 1 2018 - May 31 2019
Next Update: 
July 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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